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All About Elephants *Video*

Who doesn’t love elephants?! I recently came across an adorable video of a baby elephant playing in the ocean for the first time. Then I found a fascinating article in Nature on the discovery of elephant speech patterns and 70 different vocal sounds. Both have fueled my adoration of all things elephant!

First, some fun elephant facts!

We all know that elephants are the largest living land mammal, but did you know that elephants’ closest relative are the hyraxes, aardvarks, and manatees. (What? Really?!)

There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. Historically, they’ve inhabited 37 African countries and 13 Asian countries. Here’re the differences between the African and the Asian versions: